List of English words of Spanish origin This is a list of English language words of Spanish language origin. Standard English words of Spanish origin Batata: sweet potato in the Taino Indian language of the Caribbean. Chocolate: comes from the Nahuatl word xocolatl. Potato: comes from papa, meaning white potato in the Inca language, Quechua; Ranch: rancho, meaning ranch, settlement, or meat ration. Alligator: el lagarto, the lizard. Booby: bobo, silly or selfish, from the Latin for stammering, balbus. Bronco: meaning wild or rough. Cafeteria: cafetería, a coffee shop. Cargo: cargar, to load Cigar, Cigarette: cigarro Comrade: camarada, old Spanish for barracks company or roommate Guerrilla: a small raiding party or fighting force Hoosegow: from juzgado, a tribunal or courtroom, past participle of juzgar, to judge Mustang: mestengo or mesteño, a stray animal Patio: courtyard in Spanish Peccadillo: a form of pecado, to sin Renegade: renegado, deserter or outlaw Savvy: saber, to know Tomato, is derived from the Spanish tomate, a corruption of the Nahuatl word tomatl. Tornado: tornar, to turn, tronada, thunderstorm Tuna, comes from the Spanish atún.. Vamoose: vamos, let's go [alligator]] : from el lagarto, ="the lizard" barbecue : from Taíno > Spanish barbacoa buckaroo : from vaquero, ="cowboy" burro : from burro, ="donkey" burrito : from burrito, = a dish originally from Northern Mexico, literally "little donkey" cacique : from Taíno > Spanish cigarette : from cigarro, = "cigar" cannibal : from canibal < caríbal< Caribe canoe : from Haitian canoa > Spanish canoa canyon : from cañon chile : from Nahuatl chilli > Spanish chile cocoa : from Nahuatl cacáhuatl> Spanish cacao comrade : from camarada coyote : from Nahuatl coyotl > Spanish coyote guerrilla : from guerrilla hacienda : from hacienda hammock : from hamaca hurricane : from Taíno > Spanish huracán iguana : from Arawak > Spanish iguana) jaguar : from Guaraní yaguar > Spanish jaguar llama : from Quechua > Spanish llama) maize : from Taíno mahís > Spanish maiz marijuana : from marihuana mesa : from mesa which means table. The corresponding Spanish word to a flat top mountain is meseta) mosquito : from mosquito, = "mosquito", literally "little fly", mulatto : from mulato, partly from Portuguese mulato nada : from nada, = "nothing" negro : from negro, ="black" patio : from patio peccary : from Guaraní > Spanish pecarí plaza : from plaza potato : from Taíno > Spanish batata, = "sweet potato" pronto : from pronto rodeo : from rodeo salsa : from salsa, = "sauce" savvy : from sabe, = "know" (third person plural, present indicative) siesta : from siesta sombrero : from sombrero, (literally, shade maker) tiri : from tiro tomato : from Nahuatl > Spanish tomate English slang words of Spanish origin List of words of Spanish origin used as English slang, but have not entered the standard lexicon. agua :water amigo :friend bueno :good carne :meat chico(-a) :boy, girl cinco :five cuatro :four de :of del :of the dinero :money dos :two gracias :Thank you grande :large hombre :man manana :mañana, tomorrow = both tomorrow and morning in English mano :hand, but in English it usually is used in reference to a fight muchacho :young man mucho :a lot of muy :very nino(-a) :niño, little boy, little girl. Also used as a meteorological term El Nino. ocho :eight padre :father, used in English as slang for a Roman Catholic priest. que :¿qué?, what? queso :cheese sombrero :hat, but in English it is used to describe a Mexican hat. tres :three uno :one See also Lists of English words of international origin Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. You must provide a link to http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html for use of this content. To view or edit this article at Wikipedia go to http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_words_of_Spanish_origin